ETMU 2026

Sessions

Below you can find a list of sessions accepted at the ETMU 2026 Conference

Parallel session 1

Thursday 5.11.2026 13:00-14:30

Unpacking Trust and Categorization

Research as co-creation – Songing workshop

Negotiating Trust: Immigrants’ Relationships with News and Media

Language as a Proxy in Inclusion and Exclusion: Rethinking Language Learning and Motivation

Language as a Proxy in Inclusion and Exclusion: Language in Bordering Practices

All quiet on the Eastern border? Bordering practices at the EU Eastern border (Please note that this is a double session)

In Her Shoes: A Guided Exploration of Trust in Everyday Encounters of Migrant Mothers A Moment to Step in, Reflect, and Understand

Trust and belonging in everyday relationships between people with different backgrounds (Please note that this is a double session)

Trust in durable solutions: centring the voices of individuals and communities navigating refugeehood

Trust in Everyday Encounters (Please note that this is a double session)

Connecting Migration Researchers Across SRC Programmes

Parallel session 2

Thursday 5.11.2026 15:00-16:30

Language and Belonging

Inclusion, Empathy and Trust – Towards Sustainable Active Citizenship

Antiracist and Anticolonial Solidarities

Language as a Proxy in Inclusion and Exclusion: A focus on children

Language as a Proxy in Inclusion and Exclusion: Language and access to services

All quiet on the Eastern border? Bordering practices at the EU Eastern border (Please note that this is a double session)

Migrant kinship networks – Legal and policy frameworks in shaping family life and belonging in a host country (Please note that this is a double session)

Trust and belonging in everyday relationships between people with different backgrounds (Please note that this is a double session)

Trust, Belonging, and Migration in Nordic Peripheral Border Regions

Trust in Everyday Encounters (Please note that this is a double session)

Beyond Integration: How community spaces build migrants’ sense of belonging

Parallel session 3

Friday 6.11.2026 9:15-10:45

Trust in Policy and Multilevel Governance

Migration and Trust in Professional Settings

Religion and migration

Ethics of trust in research settings; perspectives on trust trajectories and trusting relations when doing research

Politics of Onward Migration

Trust, Belonging, and Early Childhood Education in Migration Contexts: India and South-East Asian Diaspora Perspectives

Migrant kinship networks – Legal and policy frameworks in shaping family life and belonging in a host country (Please note that this is a double session)

Stories, Discourses, Archetypes

Trust in Researcher-Activist-Artist Collaboration

Lettering Trust: Theorising Women of Colour (WOC) as Knowledge Producers in Finnish Academia and the Nordics

Queering Belonging in Migration Pathways